Vancouver Public Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Attention teens! Come talk about today's latest & greatest YA books at next our virtual Teen Book Club. This month, we're discussing Elizabeth Acevedo's WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH. Borrow a copy from your library or download it online. Sep 20 | 4pm | Online | http://ow.ly/s1s250G5K5x https://t.co/BhEJOZQunk

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Join @VanWritersFest for another inspiring Incite. Award-winning writer Cherie Dimaline (author of The Marrow Thieves) joins author Billy-Ray Belcourt to discuss her writing and latest spellbinding book, "VenCo." Feb 22 | 7pm | Central Library | https://t.co/MKe5VQL0gc https://t.co/7kt0dYMT2J

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Tonight, on their North American tour, Lambda Literary Award winners @caseyplett and Hazel Jane Plante discuss their novels 'A Safe Girl to Love' and 'Any Other City' with @candietanaka at the Central Library 7-8:30 pm. Space limited! Please RSVP 👉 https://t.co/cwz7i45hyT https://t.co/URbGlszAUT

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Explore the past, present & future of the Indian Act & reconciliation using Bob Joseph's "21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act" as a focus for discussion. Truth & Reconciliation Book Club July 18, Aug 1 & Aug 15 | 6:30pm | Mount Pleasant Branch https://t.co/uSn268aLxD https://t.co/H5kaQsPpW6

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THIS WEDNESDAY: Acclaimed author @thatkevinchong discusses his new novel & examines how telling our story can help us move on from our traumas w/ writer JJ Lee. Part of Uplift Asian. Kevin Chong: The Double Life of Benson Yu May10 | 7pm| Central Library | https://t.co/atyUdbcL60 https://t.co/AtgOdTa3TH

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THIS THURSDAY: Watch VPL Writer in Residence @HumphreysCC in conversation with @EvanWinter, bestselling author of THE RAGE OF DRAGONS, named by @TIME as one of "the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time." From the Writer's Desk Oct 7 | 6:30 pm | Online | http://ow.ly/Ml6h50Gfq8v https://t.co/AYEMe9yMtY

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Excited to have Chelene Knight (@LWEstudio) join award-winning singer, songwriter & actress @ShakuraSaida to talk about her debut novel, "Junie," the story of a young Black girl & her mother set in East Vancouver. #BlackHistoryMonth Feb 23 | 7pm | Online| https://t.co/xV6ENjZXvu https://t.co/ZUDdy1yzye

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We love talking about the latest and greatest YA books with teens. At our next Teen Book Club on Dec. 17, we'd love to hear what you think about TRULY DEVIOUS by acclaimed author @maureenjohnson. Did you love it? Hate it? Let's talk! Need a copy? Visit http://ow.ly/j8Hi50BAz2l. https://t.co/ZozvTLv2Yo

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2021 @GillerPrize longlist appointee @cruising_utopia (author of THE LISTENERS) & award-winning @BaronessShow writer @zoewhittall (author of THE SPECTACULAR) have new books out, and we’ve invited them to interview each other, Sept. 28, 12pm. Don't miss it! http://ow.ly/LN2E50G1XBh https://t.co/AAKyx9LBED

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Hear novelist & TV writer @charles_yu talk about his book, INTERIOR CHINATOWN, and discuss the nature of belonging, racism and stereotypes that devalue people's lives w/ author @KevinChong1975. Charles Yu: On Living as a Stereotype Mar 24 | 7pm | Online | http://ow.ly/W6lc50IaFVI https://t.co/WHq4OQRV7a

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